diff --git a/lib/src/package.dart b/lib/src/package.dart
index 1d8dc4279..e29088997 100644
--- a/lib/src/package.dart
+++ b/lib/src/package.dart
@@ -513,7 +513,10 @@ Package `$override` at `${overriddenWorkspacePackage.presentationDir}` is overri
     // By adding this to visited we will never go above the workspaceRoot.dir.
     p.canonicalize(root.dir),
   };
-  for (final package in root.transitiveWorkspace.skip(1)) {
+  for (final package in root.transitiveWorkspace
+      // We don't want to look at the roots parents. The first package is always
+      // the root, so skip that.
+      .skip(1)) {
     // Run through all parent directories until we meet another workspace
     // package.
     for (final dir in parentDirs(package.dir).skip(1)) {